The plump man, acting familiar, came forward wanting to hug Ye Kunlun.
However, Ye Kunlun dodged, flicked his foot, and sent him flying.
"Ouch!"
The plump man let out two exaggerated howls, immediately drawing the attention of many.
Ye Kunlun frowned slightly, his gaze turning cold, showing displeasure.
The plump man was startled by Ye Kunlun's gaze, shivered, and awkwardly stepped forward, "Sir, don't you recognize me?"
As he spoke, the plump man extended his arm, still bearing the marks of Ye Kunlun's Taiyi Xuanmen Needles.
"Why are you here?" Ye Kunlun asked coldly.
"Sir, didn't you ask me to find something? I followed the clues and found this place!" the plump man quickly explained. "For three months, I didn't dare to slack off day or night. I've lost so much weight, my mother probably wouldn't recognize me..."
The plump man chattered on, his mouth unable to stop!
"Shut up!" Ye Kunlun snorted. "Say one more word, and I'll give you a few more needles!"
The plump man, scared, quickly covered his mouth, daring not to speak, his small eyes looking at Ye Kunlun intelligently.
"Find yourselves a place to stay first, and we'll gather on the north side of town," Ye Kunlun told Shasha.
"Okay!"
With that, Shasha left.
Ye Kunlun walked towards the north of the town, and the plump man, without a second thought, followed with his hand covering his mouth.
"Mmmph mmmph..." the plump man made protesting sounds.
"How's the search for the item going?" Ye Kunlun asked.
Upon hearing this, the plump man quickly released his hand and gasped for air. "Oh my heavens, that really suffocated Fatty!"
"Ah, well... the item you asked me to find should be in Beijiang!"
Sensing Ye Kunlun's unfriendly gaze, the plump man dared not to be flippant with Ye Kunlun anymore.
"Coincidence?" Ye Kunlun didn't respond to the plump man, thinking to himself.
Back at the Qingcheng Zifeng Courtyard, the item he had asked the plump man to find had not appeared for thousands of years.
Finding it was not easy. If he hadn't recognized that the plump man came from Shuoshu Pavilion, he wouldn't have asked him.
After all, Shuoshu Pavilion had another title in the cultivation world—the Treasure Pavilion.
Just by the name, one could imagine how many good things were in Shuoshu Pavilion.
Moreover, Shuoshu Pavilion even claimed that whatever treasures existed in the world, they could find them.
"Sir, are you even listening to me!"
Seeing that Ye Kunlun was ignoring him, the plump man started speaking again, "Then let me formally introduce myself to you, sir. My name is Yan Shuo, and I am..."
"Are you sure that item is in Beijiang?" Ye Kunlun pulled back his thoughts and interrupted the plump man.
Yan Shuo, hearing Ye Kunlun's voice, almost choked on his own saliva.
"Cough, cough, sir, the clues our Shuoshu Pavilion obtained are like this, it shouldn't be wrong. It's just that the item is ranked first on the Divine Weapons Compendium, no one has seen it... even if it's recorded in the Divine Weapons Compendium, it might not exist."
"Don't worry, it definitely exists," Ye Kunlun replied to Yan Shuo.
Hearing this, Yan Shuo's eyes lit up. "Sir, could it be that you've seen it?"
Ye Kunlun shook his head and said indifferently, "No, I haven't. My master said it exists, so it must exist!"
Yan Shuo: ...
Yan Shuo was almost driven to despair by Ye Kunlun. He extended his arm and chuckled, "Sir, look, I've worked so hard for you. Please take pity on me and remove these Taiyi Xuanmen Needles, won't you?"
Ye Kunlun raised his eyebrows, looking at the glib plump man, and smiled, "What? With your Shuoshu Pavilion's methods, you can't even dissolve my Taiyi Xuanmen Needles?"
Yan Shuo shook his head like a rattle. "Of course, we can't dissolve them. These are Taiyi Xuanmen Needles; they can only be dissolved by the spiritual energy of the person who inserted them. There's no other way!"
"You know quite a bit."
Saying this, Ye Kunlun waved his hand, and the three needle-like marks on Yan Shuo's body disappeared.
Yan Shuo was stunned. He didn't expect Ye Kunlun to be so straightforward in removing them.
Immediately, Yan Shuo showed a look of ecstasy. He was free!
Only he knew what he had been through during this time.
The thought of his life being in Ye Kunlun's hands made him unable to sleep or eat peacefully.
He could only eat three and a half roast chickens per meal.
Now that he had finally regained his freedom, he could sneak away and no longer had to look for Ye Kunlun...
Just as Yan Shuo was planning how to escape, Ye Kunlun glanced at him deeply.
Yan Shuo shivered and grinned at Ye Kunlun, "Sir, aren't you afraid I'll run away?"
He had to act first to probe Ye Kunlun's bottom line.
Ye Kunlun sneered dismissively and replied, "The monk can run, but the temple can't."
Hearing this, Yan Shuo looked confident. "Sir, I'm not bragging, but besides our Shuoshu Pavilion members, no one can find the specific location of Shuoshu Pavilion."
"Oh?" Ye Kunlun scoffed. "If you dare to run, I will flatten Mount Gundan and trample through Shuoshu Pavilion!"
Hearing Ye Kunlun's words, Yan Shuo's eyes widened in disbelief!
"Impossible! You, how do you know?" Yan Shuo looked at Ye Kunlun in utter shock.
Only the members of Shuoshu Pavilion knew its exact location.
Now that Ye Kunlun had revealed it, how could Yan Shuo not be shocked!
Although Shuoshu Pavilion was also known as the Treasure Pavilion, many of the items inside were stolen.
As a result, Shuoshu Pavilion had offended many people in the cultivation world.
If their location were exposed, their enemies would come knocking!
At that time, it would definitely not be a good thing for Shuoshu Pavilion.
More importantly, he realized he couldn't escape and could only obediently continue to work hard for Ye Kunlun, like an ox or a horse.
"My life is so bitter!"
Yan Shuo felt liberated one moment, and his freedom was shattered the next.
"What? Do you want to run?" Ye Kunlun glanced at Yan Shuo indifferently, his voice carrying a hint of intrigue.
Yan Shuo shivered. His expression of despair immediately turned into a smile. "Hehe, how could I? I was just casually asking, sir."
"By the way, sir, why did you come to such a remote place like Kandatown?"
Yan Shuo quickly changed the subject, asking with feigned curiosity.
Ye Kunlun remained silent.
Seeing that Ye Kunlun was ignoring him, Yan Shuo continued on his own, "Sir, the Beijiang region has been a bit unstable lately, and a very strange incident has occurred. You must be careful."
"A strange incident?"
Yan Shuo's words finally piqued Ye Kunlun's interest.
"Yes!" Seeing Ye Kunlun's interest, Yan Shuo became energetic. "Recently, many tourists visiting Kandatown have inexplicably contracted a strange form of sleepwalking disorder."
"Every day at two in the morning, people start sleepwalking. In the last three days, six or seven people have shown symptoms."